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esonen BELL, on MAn'mNsnUne, Winer-VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR To HIMSELF AND JONATHAN STEINE, OF SAME PLACE;`

Lettera PatennNo. 66,118, dated fune 25, 1867.

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'11C ALL lwimivi HMA-Y CONCERN; y

Be itknownithnt'l, GORGEYBEELTQ, ei',the town of llliutinsbrg, Berkeley county, StateA of West Virginie, have invented neiv and useful Improvements in Blacksmitlis' Stikcrs and I 'do heeby decla-re the following "to be an exnfctxlescription thereof, referencebcing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the-letters of reference `nmrlted thereon,l Innkingia. part ofthi's vs lpccica-.tiomyin Which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation oi' the machine.' -liigure 2, a, top vien. Y l i 'llre nntiire of' my invent-ion consists in the arrangement and construction of the djustable frnine, chains,

and, nr'rns, `all in combination, for thc purpose of forging ironon an anvil, and dispensing 'withthe employment y of' a handjstriker.

Areprcsents en :tnvil ;V B, nn npriglit frame tht supports' the devices 0,'tl1e hammer, that operates on a.

roller, D, locntednt 'the top of am adjustable uprigli-t gnte,E, t-hlut moves-np and down uprkrthe Upright posts P of the freine B.4 The gate E `is adjusted by ineens of; thelever' F, pinion G, n .nd theV rack 1H; the rack-1H 'being attachedV to the hnckpert of the movable slidinglrmnc or gste E, and the lever'll and' pinion Gvopemte between theposts B B, nmll'nre supported by the posts: BB. 'Short arms J J me attached to the roller D, to

whichv adjustable chains K are attached, and at theirV opposite ends connected 'to n. treadle, L, Whichgoperetes on 4 a pivoQMQcnenGh lside of the post-s B. The chains nrerlen'gthened tir-shortened by the hooltngoftlie links to the arms Set-screws N tighten the gate E to the posts B by means of the cross-brace P. Qds an npr'i'ght spring,`a.gg1inst which the hnm'rner rebounds, and is prevented from flyingtoo fer back. R is :tn pright spring,

permanently fastened below to :L` platform, Si, and attached to an elliptic spring, T, and has :in .adjustable frame, V, near the top;I this freine Vis also hooked-into the arms J J, so us to draw thehamme'r beck after thetreadle L has' drawn it down and struck the blow. The freine V is adjusted up ordown on th'e'spri'ng R, tov correspond. with the stroke ftlie hummer, end the adjustment of the gate E and chains K by mezins of o. pin, W, inserted through apcrt'ires in the spring R. l

What I clamns my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters lntentg'i's-nA 4 The combination of the spring Rfadjusti-ngdesce W, fran-1e Y, heu-nner andlngs J, chain K, and trendle L, all constructed cedex-ranged esdescribe'dn I' 4 v i, v

` GEORGE BELL. Witnesses:

J, FRANKLIN Relaxen IsnAEL'L. LANDIS, 

